command & conquer: red alert 3
According to the Command & Conquer customer support team, a "small number of [Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3] manuals" suffered from an unfortunate misprint. Some owners of the Windows PC version are finding themselves with a CD key just 19 characters in length, exactly one shy of the required 20 characters required to activate the game. Oops!
Fortunately, EA has a helpful workaround to help gamers in need. Try to guess what it is. More »
You know, I'm not gonna try to guess the viral marketing policies or in-house/contractor authorizations of Electronic Arts to determine if this really does constitute EA taking potshots at Blizzard. But that is undeniably the actors J.K. Simmons (President Ackerman) and Jonathan Pryce (Field Marshall Bingham, on the jump) and they're calling out other RTSes, specifically ones set in space, so, sounds to me like Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is talking shit to StarCraft players, perhaps Star Trek: Online.
These are part of a series of videos (one above, two more on the jump that have been posted as replies to other videos on YouTube, in some cases unrelated, so there's your viral aspect. The uploaders, RedWhiteBlueAlert and ThrowingStarz both joined in the past week, so, likely viral. And remember that Battlefield: Bad Company, also an EA title, took a few swings at its competition too. More »
So Jenny McCarthy says she already has a little warrior in her. Dammit! There goes my pickup line. In this video up on Gametrailers, the actress and former Playmate explains her approach to playing Tanya in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3, and we get a peek at some cutscene footage.
Red Alert 3: Exclusive Tanya Trailer [Gametrailers]
Games Convention 2008
The announcement of Jenny McCarthy as Tanya in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 may have drawn a "uergh" or two from fans of the series. "She's no fucking Kari Wührer," some said, which... well, we're not sure if that's a compliment or an insult. But the guys at EA sure like Jenny.
Chris Corey, executive producer for Red Alert 3, says that McCarthy is a "badass" Tanya, that's she's more than capable to tackle the role of the special ops commando. After co-piloting a two-player coop demo of the PC version of the real-time strategy game, Corey tried to allay fan fears that the former Playboy Playmate wasn't ready to fill the tank top. Corey sounded pretty enthused to have her on board.
Hey, if they're happy, I'm happy.
tiberium
EA's Command & Conquer-based squad shooter, Tiberium, was looking alright when first unveiled earlier in the year. And yet, it wasn't at E3. Why? Probably because there was nothing to show, with EA quietly announcing during their earnings conference call today that the game's not due until the 2010 financial year. Which is anywhere from April 2009 to March 2010. Technically this is a "delay", since the game was originally slated to appear later this year, but, yeah. It was never really going to make it in 2008.
Know this: EA aren't breaking the mould with Red Alert 3. It looks for all the world like Red Alert 2, only this time with gorgeous water effects and - we're told - controllable Japanese schoolgirl units. But if you're the kind of person to be excited over the idea of a third Red Alert, and especially the rehash of the old intro theme song, that's most likely exactly what you're after, no?
Yeeees, more Kane! And not just regular Kane, new, improved CYBER KANE. And real, honest-to-goodness gameplay footage! This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you make a trailer.
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First person shooters may be a dime a dozen, but Tiberium, the subject of recent Game Informer and GT TV exclusives has something we're nerding out over—a transforming gun. It doesn't magically transition into a twenty foot-tall robot a la Decepticon leader Megatron, but it does make for some geeky chills amongst an otherwise "me too" shooter set in the Command & Conquer universe. Maybe we're just jaded, as the air drops and squad tactics actually sound super neat-o, and it may just be the rather dreary look and feel that's a bit of a turn off.
For anyone who missed the debut episode of the Geoff Keighley hosted television show, it can be viewed in its streamed high-definition glory at GameTrailers.
GT TV: Tiberium in HD [GameTrailers]
In an effort to protect his basketball court from Allied influences, Command & Conquer: Red Alert enthusiast Peter has focused his Tesla coil building expertise toward this Red Alert-style defensive tower. Not content to simply construct a real-life version of the structure from the ultra-popular real-time strategy game, Peter went the extra mile. He fashioned a squad of units—mostly from wood, cloth and wire frames—from the game, including a Tesla Trooper, Engineer and Conscript, through which he funnels thousands of volts of electricity. Let's give it up for science.
Now, who's ready to one-up Peter with their own homemade Tesla Tank?
Red Alert Tesla [Tesla Down Under - thanks, Janson!]
2:40 PM on Mon Nov 5 2007
By Michael McWhertor
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